Meaning of 愉快
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
How to use 愉快
愉快 describes a pleasant mood or experience, and it sounds a little more polite or formal than 快乐 (kuàilè). It often appears in set wishes and in descriptions of trips, meetings, or cooperation. Example: 祝你旅途愉快。(Zhù nǐ lǚtú yúkuài.) Have a pleasant trip.
Both 愉 (yú) and 快 (kuài) have the heart radical 忄 on the left, so this word is all about a good feeling in your heart. Think of 快, which also means fast, as a heart that beats quickly with joy.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 愉 with the wrong right side, such as 偷 (tōu, to steal), which uses the person radical 亻 instead of the heart radical 忄. Also remember that 愉 is second tone (yú), not fourth.
愉快 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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愉 yú · pleasant · 12 strokes
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快 kuài · rapid · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 愉快.
| 快乐 | kuàilè | happy; joyful |
| 快要 | kuàiyào | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
| 快点儿 | kuài diǎnr | erhua variant of 快點|快点[kuai4 dian3] |
| 凉快 | liángkuai | pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off |
| 快餐 | kuàicān | fast food; snack |
| 赶快 | gǎnkuài | quickly; at once |
| 快速 | kuàisù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 加快 | jiākuài | to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten |
| 尽快 | jǐnkuài | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible |
| 痛快 | tòngkuài | delighted; to one's heart's content |
| 快递 | kuàidì | express delivery |
| 快活 | kuàihuo | happy; cheerful |
Questions about 愉快
What does 愉快 mean?
愉快 (yúkuài) means "cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 愉快?
愉快 is made of 2 characters: 愉 (12 strokes), 快 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 愉快 an HSK word?
Yes. 愉快 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 愉快 and 快乐?
Both mean happy, but 快乐 focuses on joy and is used in greetings like 生日快乐 (shēngrì kuàilè). 愉快 leans toward pleasant or agreeable, and it fits experiences and cooperation, as in 合作愉快 (hézuò yúkuài), a pleasant collaboration.
Can 愉快 be used as an adverb?
Yes, with 地 (de) it describes how something is done. For example, 我们愉快地度过了周末 (wǒmen yúkuài de dùguò le zhōumò) means we spent the weekend happily.